Eagles are young and ready for challenges

12:44 AM,
Sep. 3, 2012

Eagles rookie cornerback Brandon Boykin will start at nickel cornerback for the team on Sunday.

Written by

Martin Frank
| For the Courier-Post

It would seem strange that a team whose expectations are a deep playoff run, and whose coach more or less got a "win now" mandate from the owner would entrust its chances to so many young players.

Yet the Eagles are left with one of the youngest teams in the NFL now that the machinations over their 53-man roster are finished. They head into their season opener Sunday at Cleveland with 14 players who are either rookies or second-year players.